Last Film You Watched

[COYBL25]

I am Groot

" We are Groot "

I had tears in my eyes at that point and then again when baby Groot was dancing at the end.

What a great film !

 

[McBain]

Pretty sure he just called young black men in the USA coming to terms with their homosexuality in drug addict/dealer surrounded, low income home environment "trivial subject matter", which is "fairly boring". But hey... And apparently low budget is either equivalent to rubbish or boring, or both.

When you make it about sexuality you lose me. I was enjoying the film until that card was played and it got stuck on that record. I didn't think it was going that way. It thought Mahershala Ali was criminally underused taking him out silently and in the background. I thought Naomie Harris part was good but misdirected. I didn't see any mannerisms in Little other than being shy and unable to communicate. I thought the best thing about the film was Janelle Monae, again underused.

Low budget isn't a sling in the arrow to beat the film with. This is an Oscar winner. This should be on the dias amongst the greatest films of its generation. It's not even close. It fails to fulfill its purpose, it's statement to society is nothing. It ends with no resolution. Little comes to terms with nothing. He's swept up into the reality of dead ends and crime when the hope around betraying the trajectory of his upbringing, therefore making it as meaningless as sitting through its struggle.

Is the film saying if you die and leave no mark stepping into the void filled with darkness never to return or to exist then what is the point of ever having lived??

The film and its characters fail on every level. If this fills you with fullfillment then more power to you good Sir.

For me its a waste of my time, money and I wash my hands of it.

 

[Philw]

When you make it about sexuality you lose me. I was enjoying the film until that card was played and it got stuck on that record. I didn't think it was going that way. It thought Mahershala Ali was criminally underused taking him out silently and in the background. I thought Naomie Harris part was good but misdirected. I didn't see any mannerisms in Little other than being shy and unable to communicate. I thought the best thing about the film was Janelle Monae, again underused.

Low budget isn't a sling in the arrow to beat the film with. This is an Oscar winner. This should be on the dias amongst the greatest films of its generation. It's not even close. It fails to fulfill its purpose, it's statement to society is nothing. It ends with no resolution. Little comes to terms with nothing. He's swept up into the reality of dead ends and crime when the hope around betraying the trajectory of his upbringing, therefore making it as meaningless as sitting through its struggle.

Is the film saying if you die and leave no mark stepping into the void filled with darkness never to return or to exist then what is the point of ever having lived??

The film and its characters fail on every level. If this fills you with fullfillment then more power to you good Sir.

For me its a waste of my time, money and I wash my hands of it.

I was quite surprised when the beach scene took place, but I don't really feel the film 'got stuck on that record' tho, more that it returned to that theme at times. It was weird how Ali's character just disappeared with only one line of dialogue even mentioning him after that. Also found the last 'third' to be very short and lacking in resolution, and the film overall very overbalanced due to it. And I didn't really like the actor they chose to play him in that part. Or at least, I found him not to 'fit' with the character/actors in the previous two thirds of the movie.

However to say it fails on every level and is a waste of time is a massive over reaction imo. Certainly the first two thirds were interesting and thought provoking, even if you are uncomfortable with sections/themes of it, and to disregard it (partially) due to it bringing the topic of young male afro-american sexuality into it is short sighted imo.

 

[McBain]

I was quite surprised when the beach scene took place, but I don't really feel the film 'got stuck on that record' tho, more that it returned to that theme at times. It was weird how Ali's character just disappeared with only one line of dialogue even mentioning him after that. Also found the last 'third' to be very short and lacking in resolution, and the film overall very overbalanced due to it. And I didn't really like the actor they chose to play him in that part. Or at least, I found him not to 'fit' with the character/actors in the previous two thirds of the movie.

However to say it fails on every level and is a waste of time is a massive over reaction imo. Certainly the first two thirds were interesting and thought provoking, even if you are uncomfortable with sections/themes of it, and to disregard it (partially) due to it bringing the topic of young male afro-american sexuality into it is short sighted imo.

You can make a film about African American homosexuality and not have the interactions be uncomfortable and fly against the world you're setting up in the first couple of acts. And by the end Little had never had a sexual interaction despite going to Jail was just nonsensical. He'd be bumming like no tomorrow in there.

 

[jaycee]

MINE film that centres around a US special forces soldier stuck in a minefield,awful film that has no single redeeming feature,swerve completely

 

[ijjysmith]

MINE film that centres around a US special forces soldier stuck in a minefield,awful film that has no single redeeming feature,swerve completely

Sounds great!

 

[coollino]

When you make it about sexuality you lose me. I was enjoying the film until that card was played and it got stuck on that record. I didn't think it was going that way. It thought Mahershala Ali was criminally underused taking him out silently and in the background. I thought Naomie Harris part was good but misdirected. I didn't see any mannerisms in Little other than being shy and unable to communicate. I thought the best thing about the film was Janelle Monae, again underused.

Low budget isn't a sling in the arrow to beat the film with. This is an Oscar winner. This should be on the dias amongst the greatest films of its generation. It's not even close. It fails to fulfill its purpose, it's statement to society is nothing. It ends with no resolution. Little comes to terms with nothing. He's swept up into the reality of dead ends and crime when the hope around betraying the trajectory of his upbringing, therefore making it as meaningless as sitting through its struggle.

Is the film saying if you die and leave no mark stepping into the void filled with darkness never to return or to exist then what is the point of ever having lived??

The film and its characters fail on every level. If this fills you with fullfillment then more power to you good Sir.

For me its a waste of my time, money and I wash my hands of it.

How many Best Picture winners are that? No many at all. I mean; Crash won it once.

 

[upthetoffees]

Kong : Skull Island was absolutely woeful. Dire, shambolic, uninteresting and Tom Hiddlestone is probably the worst tough guy in modern memory. He stinks as the The Night Manager and he stinks here. Silly giant things give way to silly characters and even sillier set ups while Tom takes everything soooo seriously. Samuel L Jackson cashes his 500th film paycheck and John C Reilly and John Goodman phone it in. Brie Larson literally has nothing to do and the ethnic couple actually survive. You'll want to watch it because King Kong but don't even bother.

In the stinker stakes The Great Wall takes a fair beating. Equally as nonsensical, Matt Damon is the greatest bow and arrow shooter slash mercenary with a heart while the guy who has his eyes gouged out that one time plays his bro. Fighting green things that could more easily take over China than we're led to believe and Willem Defoe and gunpowder something zzzzzzzz. Dozed off there.

Moonlight is okay until you realise what it's kind of about and then it plateaus into this samey oh it's all about his orientation snoozefest. It's got some good performances but it's just too low budget, and the subject matter is fairly boring. That it goes hand in hand with Manchester By The Sea makes sense, equally trivial subject matter acted well. That these two were Oscar contenders shows how bad most mainstream drama has become, and why TV has taken over as the premiere dramatic medium of the time. The acting is good, the script is okay, you just can't make a bad movie when it's populated twangy Bostonians fighting in pubs.

Jackie was instantly forgettable, the same goes for Live By Night and I fell asleep in the overtly pretentious La La Land but Hidden Figures was a time well spent.

Logan was a good throwback to gritty action built up well throughout the first couple of acts and let down by the third. Kind of wallows in the finale but on the whole a decent flick with some well played out fight scenes. Hugh does his beaten up best while the gringo hunting Escobar plays a good baddie. Professor X steals the show and sucks to be that family in the bush trying to eek out a living being too nice to folk.

I was hesitant about watching Ghost in the Shell as like many it holds a dear place in my film collective. I was fairly impressed with the design of it though, the futuristic aspects, the way they shot it and the locations alone were quality. Done superbly. They'd kind of Hollywood'ised the story and it's deeper meaning though, which was kind of the crux of the story. Introducing certain characters to play out this wishy washy storyline did it alot of harm, and the general whitewashing also took away from what they were trying to do.

Took the munchin along this Holidays to Beauty and the Beast which wasn't a patch on the original. Ewan Macgregor as Lumiere? Pulease. The Boss Baby was hilarious even though I did doze off near the end. Worth it to watch the preview to Despicable Me 3 which look an absolute hoot. Moana was a good flick, really well done.

To round out caught up on some classic films and while Steve McQueen's Junior Bonner was a tough film to chew through Billy Liar looks as fresh as the day it was made. An excellent portrayal of the times, with great performances right across the film. Tom Courtenay plays the title character in an perfectly unhinged display, caught between the constant lies and ever digging a deeper hole for himself.

Man, if I were you I just wouldn't watch anything new that comes out. Seems like you just dislike most movies made within the past three decades, aside from the easy animated stuff.

Moonlight was an Oscar winner because of the simple albeit amazing performances by the actors, and the "trivial" subject matter was in fact groundbreaking. I would hardly call it a snoozefest because that implies it was predictable or boring; it seemed to keep my interest pretty well.

Of course that's why art is subjective and everyone will agree to disagree.

 

[Pittsburgh Footy]

Kong : Skull Island was absolutely woeful. Dire, shambolic, uninteresting and Tom Hiddlestone is probably the worst tough guy in modern memory. He stinks as the The Night Manager and he stinks here. Silly giant things give way to silly characters and even sillier set ups while Tom takes everything soooo seriously. Samuel L Jackson cashes his 500th film paycheck and John C Reilly and John Goodman phone it in. Brie Larson literally has nothing to do and the ethnic couple actually survive. You'll want to watch it because King Kong but don't even bother.

In the stinker stakes The Great Wall takes a fair beating. Equally as nonsensical, Matt Damon is the greatest bow and arrow shooter slash mercenary with a heart while the guy who has his eyes gouged out that one time plays his bro. Fighting green things that could more easily take over China than we're led to believe and Willem Defoe and gunpowder something zzzzzzzz. Dozed off there.

Moonlight is okay until you realise what it's kind of about and then it plateaus into this samey oh it's all about his orientation snoozefest. It's got some good performances but it's just too low budget, and the subject matter is fairly boring. That it goes hand in hand with Manchester By The Sea makes sense, equally trivial subject matter acted well. That these two were Oscar contenders shows how bad most mainstream drama has become, and why TV has taken over as the premiere dramatic medium of the time. The acting is good, the script is okay, you just can't make a bad movie when it's populated twangy Bostonians fighting in pubs.

Jackie was instantly forgettable, the same goes for Live By Night and I fell asleep in the overtly pretentious La La Land but Hidden Figures was a time well spent.

Logan was a good throwback to gritty action built up well throughout the first couple of acts and let down by the third. Kind of wallows in the finale but on the whole a decent flick with some well played out fight scenes. Hugh does his beaten up best while the gringo hunting Escobar plays a good baddie. Professor X steals the show and sucks to be that family in the bush trying to eek out a living being too nice to folk.

I was hesitant about watching Ghost in the Shell as like many it holds a dear place in my film collective. I was fairly impressed with the design of it though, the futuristic aspects, the way they shot it and the locations alone were quality. Done superbly. They'd kind of Hollywood'ised the story and it's deeper meaning though, which was kind of the crux of the story. Introducing certain characters to play out this wishy washy storyline did it alot of harm, and the general whitewashing also took away from what they were trying to do.

Took the munchin along this Holidays to Beauty and the Beast which wasn't a patch on the original. Ewan Macgregor as Lumiere? Pulease. The Boss Baby was hilarious even though I did doze off near the end. Worth it to watch the preview to Despicable Me 3 which look an absolute hoot. Moana was a good flick, really well done.

To round out caught up on some classic films and while Steve McQueen's Junior Bonner was a tough film to chew through Billy Liar looks as fresh as the day it was made. An excellent portrayal of the times, with great performances right across the film. Tom Courtenay plays the title character in an perfectly unhinged display, caught between the constant lies and ever digging a deeper hole for himself.

To be honest I thought this was a down year for true Oscar worthy films, and I saw the entire Best Picture noms. But Hidden Figures to me was a glorified Lifetime Original movie. Yes, the story needed to be told, but it wasn't what I'd call earth shattering cinema.

My choice in a down year was Manchester by the Sea, followed closely by La La Land, which was original and ended in a very non-Hollywood way, which gave it a few more points.

 

[navidson]

Pretty sure he just called young black men in the USA coming to terms with their homosexuality in drug addict/dealer surrounded, low income home environment "trivial subject matter", which is "fairly boring". But hey... And apparently low budget is either equivalent to rubbish or boring, or both.

Not to mention being responsible for the deaths of your own children and trying to deal with the guilt - Trivial indeed

 

[The Cowboy]

Man, if I were you I just wouldn't watch anything new that comes out. Seems like you just dislike most movies made within the past three decades, aside from the easy animated stuff.

Moonlight was an Oscar winner because of the simple albeit amazing performances by the actors, and the "trivial" subject matter was in fact groundbreaking. I would hardly call it a snoozefest because that implies it was predictable or boring; it seemed to keep my interest pretty well.

Of course that's why art is subjective and everyone will agree to disagree.

I likened Moonlight to Brokeback Mountain, it was about the internal struggle. It's hardly Priscilla Queen Of The Desert.

I do agree with the above complaint that Little didn't really demonstrate anything other than social awkwardness, you'd as likely thought the film was about autism as much as homosexuality. But that's a minor point really.

What I found most refreshing was the total lack of hardcore violence in a gritty film (ok, one scene but it's pretty PG really). There's a sense of doom running through the film but thankfully (for the film's sake) it doesn't rear its head.

 

[upthetoffees]

I likened Moonlight to Brokeback Mountain, it was about the internal struggle. It's hardly Priscilla Queen Of The Desert.

I do agree with the above complaint that Little didn't really demonstrate anything other than social awkwardness, you'd as likely thought the film was about autism as much as homosexuality. But that's a minor point really.

What I found most refreshing was the total lack of hardcore violence in a gritty film (ok, one scene but it's pretty PG really). There's a sense of doom running through the film but thankfully (for the film's sake) it doesn't rear its head.

First act I agree could have been done a little better to really hook the viewer. Then again, you're sort of just thrown into his life so I think we were supposed to draw some conclusions as to how he became that way.

I agree though, that's another connection the viewer can sort of subconsciously conclude: obviously he grew up in a terrible area (Liberty City borough of Miami during what I assume is the boom of crack on the streets) but we don't need to be shown how terrible it is with a bunch of fight scenes that distract us from what the movie is truly about: the boy/man.

I think if the movie had a large budget, it would have made much of a difference. It didn't need one if you ask me.

 

[jaycee]

" We are Groot "

I had tears in my eyes at that point and then again when baby Groot was dancing at the end.

What a great film !

Get down to build a bear

 

[The Cowboy]

" We are Groot "

I had tears in my eyes at that point and then again when baby Groot was dancing at the end.

What a great film !

This film, the first one, could I watch it with my kids, aged 6 and 8?

 

[COYBL25]

This film, the first one, could I watch it with my kids, aged 6 and 8?

I'd say yes, as long as they're OK with lots of violent action scenes, along the lines of Star Wars.